THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Passing the Equinox

IN the hall outside the
President's office they hung up those beautiful 15-by-18 color prints
of his second Inauguration. There was Nixon with a huge smile, in tux,
enfolding his glowing family as they all got

" ready to celebrate. Here he was riding down "the Avenue," leading his
triumphal parade to the White House. There was Pat on the Inaugural
stand, hugging Mamie, and here was Nixon sitting in a quiet corner of
the White House, tooling his Inaugural Address. They hung where Nixon
could see them every morning when he strode over from the mansion to go
to...